Clinical trials: Medicare
Economics, Fraud
The Effect of Informative Letters on the Prescription and Receipt of Opioids
Inappropriate prescribing exposes patients to health risks and results in wasteful public expenditures. This study will evaluate an approach to fighting abusive prescription: sending letters to suspected potentially inappropriate…
- Conditions
- Economics, Fraud, Delivery of Health Care, Health Expenditures
- Trial name
- NCT03202745
- Testing
- Patient Consequences Letter, Prescriber Consequences Letter
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Economics, Fraud
The Effect of Informative Letters on the Prescription and Receipt of Seroquel
Abusive prescribing exposes patients to unnecessary health risks and results in wasteful public expenditures. This study will evaluate an innovative approach to fighting abusive prescription: sending letters to suspected…
- Conditions
- Economics, Fraud, Delivery of Health Care, Health Expenditures
- Trial name
- NCT02467933
- Testing
- Initial Informative letter, Followup Informative Letter
- Volunteers
- 5,055 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab
Cancer
Addressing Disparities in Cancer Care for Latino Medicare Beneficiaries
To reduce Cancer health care disparities that exists among minority Medicare beneficiaries and to demonstrate cost effectiveness of patient navigation in reducing the burden of cancer.
- Trial name
- NCT00385866
- Testing
- cancer screening and health education, facilitation of Services to improve cancer screening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,272 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Insurance Status/Stability
IMPACCT for Kids' Care
Health insurance is important for children. Public insurance programs are available to many children, but some families report being confused about how to get and keep this insurance.
- Trial name
- IMPACCT (NCT02298361)
- Testing
- Health insurance outreach IT tools
- Volunteers
- 27,251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- OCHIN, Inc.
Economics, Fraud
The Effect of Informative Letters on the Prescription and Receipt of Schedule II Controlled Substances
Fraud and waste is estimated to cost the American health care system nearly $200 billion each year, and the public Medicare and Medicaid programs about $60 billion each year.
- Conditions
- Economics, Fraud, Delivery of Health Care, Health Expenditures
- Trial name
- NCT02345434
- Testing
- Informative letter
- Volunteers
- 1,525 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab